A redescription of the types of Pipunculidae from Australia described by
R. C. L. Perkins and the type of Pipunculus vitiensis Muir from Fiji is given. P.
crypsichalcus Perkins is recorded as a new synonym of P. (P.) anthracias Perkins and
comitans Perkins and agamus Perkins are new synonyms of P. (Eudorylas) lamellifer
Perkins. The corrected names for the host leafhoppers is given wherever this information
is available. The known Australian species are keyed and figured.
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